Lived Too Long with This Nose!

I have never regained the ability to breathe in through my right nostril at all. The left is still slightly blocked. Each time I have spoken to my surgeon about this issue he has continued to tell me I need to be patient as it is just swelling. I have an appointment with my doctor for a five-month follow up this week.

Today I had an appointment for a second on my nose with a surgeon I had used in the past. He spent a lot of time with me – he examined my nose thoroughly, he sat down and drew out what he sees happening within my nose as I try to breathe. We also discussed the aesthetic changes that would improve my look that I did not get from my first surgery. He told me my nose is still too large for my face. I absolutely agree. But now my biggest concern is just being able to breathe. Sleeping at night is terrible and exercise is a really tough as a mouth breather. He drew a diagram of my nose and how the valve is collapsing as a breathe air in. He explained we would have to do a graft which will support my nose better. He can do aesthetic changes If desired.

If I go forward with a revision with this second opinion surgeon, it will be like starting over financially and recovery-wise. He also told me I need to wait until at least nine months post op from my first surgery. This would mean July 2016. In the meantime, he recommended I stop on the way home to purchase breathe right strips's to wear on my nose. I have one on right now and cannot believe what a wonderful feeling it is. I am looking forward to sleeping for the first time tonight without my mouth propped wide open.

Ok- I'm so sick of being a mouth breather!! This is horrible. My surgery was 9/23 and today is 10/26. I am completely blocked in my right nostril still and about 30% blocked still on the left. Haven't slept through the night since surgery. Even more frustrating has been my workouts. im teaching 2 Pump classes this week and I'm anxious about heavy mouth breathing in the mic.

I've tried Sudafed a few times, but I didn't notice much of a difference. I'm scared now- something must be wrong. Collapsed septum? The only time I can breathe through my right nostril is when I either pull my right cheek towards my ear so the tissue separates inside or I stick a q-tip up my nostril to force an airway :-( The worst part of it all is that I don't like the profile of my nose at all. I went into this with a BIG and wide nose. The dr made it much more narrow, but the profile is 80% the same. It is still very protruding!! It's big! When I look at it in the mirror from the side I feel like I want to throw up. I paid close to $10k, haven't breathed through my nose in over a month, still have eye bruising, and my profile hasn't really changed. I just can't believe it. I need to post more profile view pictures of before and after.
Tomorrow I have an apt with the doctor. At my last appt 2 weeks ago, he mentioned how great it looks and what great work he does. I told him I was concerned about the size. He gave the swelling response. I'm certain its swollen, but I'm not dumb enough to believe it's going to get a ton smaller than this either. Ugh.

I am 20 days post op and still dealing with 2 black eyes. Thought that would be gone by now. I wanted to share a tinted concealer pack that has really helped. What I'm left with now is just the purple rings Nader my eyes. Yellow blocks purple, so every day I use a concealer brush and blot on the yellow over the purple. It takes 2 layers of yellow, the 2 layers of skin matching concealer (I'm using the Paint Pot in Painterly by Mac). What a huge process, but it works so I can go out in public without people asking me if I feel safe at home!!! Hopefully 5-7 more days of this and it will eventually be gone. Here's me without the concealer layers under my eyes- and a pic of the tint colors. (The other colors were great when my bruises were also yellow & pink!)